Pearl Masters BCX birch drums in Golden Bronze Glitter: 12x9, 13x10 rack toms, 16x16 floor tom, 22x18 bass drum. Most of my kits are all maple, this is my first one that is all birch. And I can really tell the difference, the drums do sound pre-eq'd. I don't think anyone is lying about that.

The drums came with clear ambassadors top and bottom, and the bass drum comes with power stroke 3 type heads front and back. Right out of the box, the bass drum was killing! The toms got new coated emperors on top, a quick tuning and those were also easy to dial-in your tone.

The finish is a lacquer finish, so no wraps! This line has just been discontinued by Pearl, and I was told I could get add-on drums if I want them, I just need to be prepared for several months' worth of waiting. So I doubt I will get more. Having two rack toms is pretty refreshing when I play mostly a 4-piece all the time.

Anyway, attached are a couple of pictures. My first kit was an old Slingerland in gold sparkle from the 40s that mom and dad got for me for $50 when I was 7. This is the first time I'm revisiting a color close to what I played as a child in the 70s. Made me miss mom and dad.

They do sound great with the double-ply emperors they have on now. So Pinstripes would've been a good choice too. The clear ambassadors worked ok, but l couldn't get a deep enough tone out of the floor tom.

I'm sorta debating getting a matching snare for it - I might do it since this line is discontinued and there's an eBay seller who has two of them to match right now.

While I think it's really cool when members get a new drum set and show it off, It just gets confusing when you do it (no disrespect intended).

BTW, the color is awesome! Also, are those die-cast hoops on the toms?

What made you purchase these?

Lotsa life changes in the last five months. And headquarters announced this line is discontinued so inventory is being blown out, so I jumped on one just because. I've always been a fan of glitters, and when this one popped up that's close to the gold sparkle I played between the ages of 7 and 14, it's a modern version of being close to mom & dad.

Yes - die cast hoops. And I may get a matching snare since one is available right now.

Maybe it's just the angle of the pic, but they look like power toms. I like birch drums myself; I hope you do too. Maybe you can come back after spending some time with the birch drums and give us your take on what's different compared to your maple drums.

Maybe it's just the angle of the pic, but they look like power toms. I like birch drums myself; I hope you do too. Maybe you can come back after spending some time with the birch drums and give us your take on what's different compared to your maple drums.

The toms aren’t power toms, they’re “in between” standard and power depth. Best of both world ?

Yes Captain Obvious, I read what the sizes are. I said they LOOKED LIKE power toms in the pic, possibly due to the camera angle, not "hey look guys, power toms!!"

I did sort of compromise on the tom depths. For years, because of my height, I insisted on having 8x12 and 9x13 rack toms because I didn't want them too high for me. Raising everything up one inch hasn't been that big of a deal so far. So I guess I can handle 9x12 and 10x13 rack toms.

The giant power toms on a 26" bass drum didn't count - playing a kit that huge was more of a novelty act even though I could do it ;)

When I started on this forum, I had a masters studio birch in red wine finish (22-10-12-14-16 and a sweeeeeet sensitone elite brass 6.5 snare) kit with power toms from 1998, looking to upgrade.

Since then, I got then quickly more or less profitably sold a DW performance, Ludwig Legacy maple, C&C PDII, Gretsch USA Custom, Yamaha Hybrid Maple and a Yamaha RC. I still own the two latter Yammies and love them for different reasons.

If I could go back in time, I would bring this message to my stoopid old self : keep the Pearls and the snare. Buy better cymbals. Get the Dunnett snares and the HMA snare.

Years of GAS saved with reason. Gear is gear, feel is feel, drums are drums.

Great buy Bo, sorry for the old man's tale.

Edit : I had the pearl kit nicknamed the red baron, and the amh in red autumn was renamed the red baron II by bandmates. For some reason, the amh sounds more like the birch pearls than do the RCs which sound more like usa customs. But please let us not get unto that with the rims and bearing edges and the whatnots.